Karnataka Chief Minister Reviews Rain Damage In Bengaluru

Gourav Gupta, Chief Commissioner of the Bengaluru civic body said the Chief Minister told them to take up remedial measures to prevent further damage.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday held a meeting with senior officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and state ministers to take stock of the damage caused due to rain in the last one month.

Speaking about the meeting, Gourav Gupta, Chief Commissioner, BBMP, told ANI that to prevent further damage and to control the situation at hand, Mr Bommai had instructed the civic body to take up remedial measures, and necessary construction work.

All zonal officers, zonal commissioners, joint commissioners and chief engineers attended the meeting.

"All officials have been given timelines and instructions to supervise the functioning. We ought to go out in the field and see that all our officers are there to respond to the ground-level situation. Particularly with reference to the sudden flash rains that are afflicting the city and besides that, other issues which include restoration of roads which have been cut open because of various development projects or adversely affected due to rains. All these should be taken up on war-footing and that is a direction which has been issued. The directions are clear and strict; accordingly, action will be taken," said the BBMP chief.